Hi everybody this is Chris, for Part 5 of Break Through Chinese Pronunciation, the video series that breaks down Mandarin sounds and tones, and helps you to perfect your Mandarin Chinese pronunciation.

In this video, we’re looking at sounds in Pinyin that end in -ang and -eng, and the difference between them.

You would expect Bang to be pronounced ‘bang’ but it’s actually ‘b ‘ah’ ng’
You would expect Beng to be pronounced ‘beng’ but it’s actually ‘bng’